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The alphabet versus the goddess : the conflict between word and image /

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Author / Creator: Shlain, Leonard
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: New York : Penguin/Compass, 1999.
Subjects:
Written communication > Social aspects.
Literacy > Social aspects.
Alphabet > History.
Alphabet.
History.
Language and culture.
Patriarchy.
Misogyny.
Written communication.
Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1.. Image/Word
  • 2.. Hunters/Gatherers
  • 3.. Right Brain/Left Brain
  • 4.. Males: Death/Females: Life
  • 5.. Nonverbal/Verbal
  • 6.. Cuneiform/Marduk
  • 7.. Hieroglyphs/Isis
  • 8.. Aleph/Bet
  • 9.. Hebrews/Israelites
  • 10.. Abraham/Moses
  • 11.. Thera/Matzah
  • 12.. Adam/Eve
  • 13.. Cadmus/Alpha
  • 14.. Sappho/Ganymede
  • 15.. Dionysus/Apollo
  • 16.. Athens/Sparta
  • 17.. Lingam/Yoni
  • 18.. Birth/Death
  • 19.. Yin/Yang
  • 20.. Taoism/Confucianism
  • 21.. B.C./A.D.
  • 22.. Jesus/Christ
  • 23.. Death/Rebirth
  • 24.. Patriarchs/Heretics
  • 25.. Reason/Madness
  • 26.. Illiteracy/Celibacy, 500-1000
  • 27.. Muslin Veils/Muslim Words
  • 28.. Mystic/Scholastic, 1000-1300
  • 29.. Humanist/Egoist, 1300-1500
  • 30.. Protestant/Catholic
  • 31.. Faith/Hate
  • 32.. Sorcery/Science
  • 33.. Positive/Negative, 1648-1899
  • 34.. Id/Superego, 1900-1945
  • 35.. Page/Screen, 1945-2000
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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